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Educational Survey of 

Houston County 

Georgia 

By 

M. L. DUGGAN, Rural School Agent 



No. 7 




Under the Direction of the 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 



M. L. BRITTAIN 

State Superintendent of Schools 

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HOUSTON COUNTY 



THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM in Houston County ap- 
pears to be regarded as a business matter. 

It is, therefore, organized and directed in a business-like 
way; that is, according to best approved business plans. 

Excepting only the municipalities of Perry and Ft. Valley, 
there is a "single unit of support and administration," as ap- 
proved by the II. S. Department of Education and the exper- 
ience of those Georgia counties which have made the greatest 
educational progress. 

This single unit of support is "county- wide local taxation"; 
and the single unit of administration is the county board of 
education, and their executive officer, the county superinten- 
dent of schools. 

Best authorities fully agree that, "Under a county system 
of administration a county school tax attains its greatest 
usefulness. ' ' 

In Houston County the taxes are levied, the teachers elec- 
ted, the schools managed by this single administration — and 
the people support the system. 

The results, as shown in detail in this bulletin, are ex- 
pressed in economy in taxation and efficiency in education. 
Read the bulletin carefully. 

Compare results in Houston County under the "county-wide 
plan" with any other county under the "local-district" plan. 
Efficiency first, economy next, are the qualities that count. 



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AXES : The rate of school tax in Houston County is 

li/ 2 mills. 
ERM : The length of the school term in Houston is 

32 weeks. 
EACHERS: Teachers have had normal training and 

successful experience. 



Distinguishing Features. 

1st. Well paid, whole-time, professional supervision of 
the schools. 

2nd. Selection of teachers by the county board upon nom- 
ination of the county superintendent. (See qualifica- 
tions of teachers.) 

3rd. Fair salaries promptly paid to trained teachers — just 
as in any other important enterprises. 

4th. An eight months' continuous school term, uniform 
throughout the county. 

5th. A system remarkably free from petty complaints, pe- 
titions, etc. 

6th. The careful attention to the matter of drinking wa- 
ter at many of the schools. (See deep wells.) 

7th. A constructive system working towards greater ef- 
ficiency. 

Qualifications of Teachers. 

There are employed in the rural white schools of the 
county 36 teachers. Of these, 31 hold first grade license ; 5 
second grade, and none third grade 

Twenty-one of these were trained at the State Normal 
School, at Athens; two at the Georgia Normal and Industrial 
College, at Milledgeville, and seven at other colleges and nor- 
mal schools. Of the remaining six all have had high school 
courses, and some of them summer school and correspondence 
courses. 

Only one teacher of the rural schools is without previous 
experience, and an unusual number are teaching for the sec- 
ond year (or longer) at the same school. 



SOME FUTURE NEEDS. 
Larger School Grounds. 

The school of the future will demand larger areas for 
school grounds than we find at the rural schools of the county, 
and the difficulty of acquiring it will increase with the in- 
creasing needs. In many cases, doubtless, the difficulty of 
obtaining more land has already become a serious one. 

School Consolidations. 

From a careful reading of this report it will readily be seen 
that some of the schools are too close together, too small in at- 
tendance, and with too many lesson periods a day for the pos- 
sibility of satisfactory results. Consolidations where possible 
would be in the interest of both economy and efficiency. This 
matter is already under consideration by the superintendent 
and Board of Education. (See note under Hattie School.) 

A More Liberal Financial Support. 

Notwithstanding the progress already accomplished for 
the public schools of Houston County, which is most creditable, 
there still remains much to be done before the demands of 
Houston County children are fully met. 

The conservative policy of the administration has probably 
been the wise course in view of the recent financial conditions ; 
but the people will soon demand more liberally supported 
schools for their children in the rural districts. 

The city of Perry levies above five mills against its prop- 
erty for the education of its children. The city of Fort Valley 
levies nearly five mills against its property for the education 
of its children. The county, outside of these municipalities, 
levies one and one-half mills against its property for the edu- 
cation of its children. Think it over again. 
Query: Does the educational interest of country children de- 
serve less in proportion to property values than that of 
city children ? Debate it. 
Also, Resolved, That people are as much more important than 

property in the rural districts as in the cities. 
Argument: "111 fares the land to hastening ills a prey, 
Where wealth accumulates and men decay." 

M. L. DUGGAN, 
Rural School Agent for Georgia. 
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BYRON SCHOOL. 

Teachers: J. M. Gooden, principal. Byron. Ga., Miss Ethel 
Home, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades, Byron, Ga., Miss Annie 
Hammock, 1st. 2nd and 3d grades. Byron, Ga. 

Location: 2y 2 miles west to Ben Hill; -4 miles east to Dunbar. 

Grounds: Area, small; titles in local board; fine oak grove 
in front, and joining church lot used in connection with 
school yards; little improved, but well kept; school gar- 
dens; supervised play; two toilets, average condition. 

Building": Valne, $2,000; three class rooms; well lighted 
and ventilated; halls used as cloak rooms; floors oiled 
and well kept; painted. 

Equipment: Double and single patent desks; good black- 
boards; maps; charts; framed pictures; reference dic- 
tionary; library; piano, etc.; water from town water- 
works ; drinking fountains. 

Organization: Three teachers; 9 grades; 85 pupils; 32 weeks' 
continuous term ; program posted ; sewing, literary and 
debating clubs; Parent-Teacher Association doing ac- 
tive service. 

Maintenance: $1,620. 




DUNBAR SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Mamie Blount, Byron, Ga., R. F. D. 

Location: 2% miles west to Ilattie; 4 miles west to Byron. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in board of education; open, 
bare, unimproved ; ample room for playgrounds ; no 
school gardens; two toilets, medium condition. 

Building: Value. $1,000; two class rooms (only one in use) 
no cloak rooms; barely well lighted; well kept; painted 
outside only; ceiled inside. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; fair blackboards; one map: 
no charts; no globe; framed pictures; no reference 
dictionary; library, 50 vols., in good sectional case; 
water from nearby neighbor's well; covered cooler; in- 
dividual cups. 

Organization: One teacher; 4 grades; 14 pupils; 32 weeks' con- 
tinuous term ; program posted ; 24 periods ; no indus- 
trial work or clubs. 

Maintenance: $400. 




SPRING HILL SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Laura Talton, Perry, Ga. 

Location: 3 miles east to Lakeside; 3 miles south to Perry. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in board of education: oak 
grove, but little improved, fairly well kept: small 
school gardens; two toilets, condition fair. 

Building: Value, .+700; one class room, 24x30x12; no 
cloak rooms; small veranda; insufficiently lighted: 
floors oiled and well kept ; painted. 

Equipment: Good home-made double desks; medium black- 
boards; one U. S. history map; good charts; no globe; 
reference dictionary ; framed pictures ; library in good 
case; small decorative flags; illustrative materials, etc.: 
water from nearby neighbor's well; covered cooler: 
individual cups. 

Organization: One teacher; 6 grades; 28 pupils; 32 weeks' 
continuous term; program posted; 23 periods; sewing 
club ; no community clubs. 

Maintenance: +400. 




FAIRVIEW SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Pauline Wasner, Unadilla, Ga., R. F. D. 

Location: 6 miles northwest to Elko; 6 miles southwest to 
Unadilla. 

Grounds: Area, (?) ; titles, ( ?) ; open, level, bare; unimproved ; 
ample playgrounds ; no sehool gardens; one toilet, av- 
erage condition. 

Building: Value, $4o0 ; one class room; no cloak room; well 
lighted; fairly will kept; painted. 

Equipment: Patent and home-made double desks; poor Mack- 
boards; no maps; no charts; no globe; no reference dic- 
tionary; no library; one picture; water from well con- 
siderable distance off; open buckets; common dipper. 

Organization: One teacher; 7 grades; 24 pupils; 32 weeks' con- 
tinuous term; program posted; 32 periods; no indus- 
trial or club work. 

Maintenance: $280 from Houston County; $60 from Doo- 
ly County; total, $340. 

Note: Dooly County furnishes about half the patronage to this 
school. 




HENDERSON SCHOOL. 

(A Standard School.) 
Teachers: Miss Blanche Youngblood, principal. Perry. Ga., K. 
F. T).; Miss Clara Eubanks, ass't., Perry, Ga.. K. F. D. 

Location: 6 miles east to Elko; (> miles west to Mnrph ; 9 miles 
north to Perry. 

Grounds: Area, '% acre; titles in board of education; a few 
large trees on grounds; school gardens; ample play- 
grounds; partly improved; well kept; two toilets, con- 
dition good. 

Building - : Value, $1,500; two-story; two class rooms; cloak 
rooms; library and rest room, furnished; well lighted; 
well kept; painted and plastered. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; medium blackboards; maps; 
charts ; framed pictures ; reference dictionary, good 
stand; Library, 130 vols.; illustrative materials, flowers, 
ferns, etc.; water from neighbor's well nearby; covered 
cooler; individual cups. 

Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 41 pupils; 32 weeks' 
continuous term; programs posted; 20 periods; paper 
folding, cardboard construction, sewing, cooking, etc. : 
industrial clubs, and school improvement club. 

Maintenance: ^760. 

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BEN HILL SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Louise Davis, Byron, Ga. 

Location: 2% miles northeast to Byron; 4 miles southwest to 
( Ileveland. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in board of education; Lot 
open, bare, level, unimproved; fairly well kept; ample 
room for play grounds; no school gardens; two toilets, 
average condition. 

Building: Value, $800; two class rooms; insufficiently and 
improperly lighted; well kept; painted outside, and 
planning to paint inside; no cloak rooms. 

Equipment: Good home-made desks, doubles; poor black- 
boards; one very small map; small globe; no charts; 
no pictures; no dictionary; no library; good teacher's 
desk; decorating flags; water from neighbor's well; 
covered cooler; individual cups. 

Organization: One teacher; 8 grades; 32 pupils; program 
posted ; 32 weeks' continuous term; no industrial or 
club work. 

Maintenance: $440. 




MURPH SCHOOL. 

Teachers: Miss Martha Talton, principal, Montezuma, Ga., R. 
F. D.; Miss Essie Dorsett, ass't., Montezuma, Ga., R. F. D. 

Location: 5 miles north to Small's; 6 miles southeast to Hen- 
derson. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in hoard of education; level. 
open, bare, slightly improved; ample room for play- 
grounds; good school gardens, well cared for; two toi- 
lets, fair condition. 

Building: Value, .^900; two class rooms, 22x36x10; cloak 
rooms; well lighted and ventilated; well kept; painted 
outside; ceiled, but unpainted, inside. 

Equipment: Patent and home-made double desks; good black- 
boards; maps; charts; globe; framed pictures; refer- 
ence dictionary ; library, 40 vols. ; organ ; small decora- 
tive flags, etc. ; water from deep bored well ; individual 
cups at the well. 

Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 41 pupils; 32 weeks' 
continuous term ; programs posted ; 18 periods : gar- 
dening, sewing, etc.; debating club; sewing clubs. 

Maintenance: ^760. 



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SMALL'S ACADEMY. 

Teacher: Miss Claudia Tinley, Fort Valley, (la,, R. F. D. 

Location: 4 miles north to Myrtle; 5 miles east to Perry. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in board of education; grove, 
slightly improved with rustic seats, etc.; no school gar- 
dens; one toilet, average condition. 

Building: Value. $600: one class room. 24x30x11; no 
eloak rooms; fairly well lighted ; small veranda in front ; 
painted ; well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; cloth blackboards; one U. 
S. history map; no charts; no globe; no reference dic- 
tionary ; no library ; a few framed pictures ; water from 
a deep well; covered cooler; individual cups. 

Organization: One teacher; 7 grades; 27 pupils; 32 weeks' 
continuous term ; program not yet posted ; no industrial 
work or clubs; will probably organize a community club. 

Maintenance: $400 



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WELLSTON SCHOOL. 

Teachers: T. W. .Murray, principal, Wellston, Ga.; Miss Marilu 
Wcllons, ass't., Wellston, Ga. 

Location: 3 miles northwest to Elberta; 4 miles southwest to 
Oakland; 5 miles south to Bonaire. 

Grounds: Area, two acres; titles in hoard of education; pine 
grove, level, graded, improved; ample room for play- 
grounds; good school gardens; two toilets, in good con- 
dition. 

Building: Value, $1,200'; two class rooms, 20x36x14: cloak 
rooms; properly and well lighted; floors oiled and well 
kept; painted. There is also on the grounds n commu- 
nity building, two stories, used as a lodge for several 
fraternal and social orders, an auditorium for the school 
and the community, etc.. etc. On an adjoining lot is ;i 
good church building. 

Equipment: Good home-made double desks; poor blackboards; 
two maps; no charts; no globe; no reference dictionary 
(small dictionary at each desk) ; large U. S. nag; library, 
50 vols.; water from deep well on lot: covered cooler; 
individual cups. 

Organization: Two teachers: 9 grades; 5] pupils; 32 weeks' 
continuous term; programs posted: 23 periods; literary 
club; corn club; sewing club; Women's Club. 

Maintenance : +1,1 20. 

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TIVOLA SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Clifford Heard, Perry, Ga. 

Location: 4 miles north to Kathleen; 6 miles south to Haynes- 



Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in board of education; open, 
level, bare; well kept; no gardens; one toilet, bad con- 
dition. 

Building 1 : Value, $700; one class room, 36x40x12; cloak 
rooms; improperly lighted; partly ceiled; painted out- 
side, only; well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; poor blackboards; no maps; 
no charts; no globe; no pictures; no library; no dic- 
tionary; small organ; water from neighbor's well near- 
by; open buckets; common dipper. 

Organization: One teacher; G grades; 27 pupils; 32 weeks 
continuous term; program posted; 23 recitation periods; 
literary club. 

Maintenance: $320. 




ELKO SCHOOL. 

Teachers : Mrs. Glenn F. Riley, principal, Elko, Ga. ; Miss 
Mary W. Brown, ass't., Elko, Ga. 

Location: 5 miles north to Grovania ; 6 miles west to Henderson. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; title in board of education; level, 
open, slightly improved; planning playgrounds; school 
gardens; two toilets, screened and in good condition. 

Building 1 : Value, .+1,500; two class rooms, 30x30x11; un- 
finished auditorium; properly, but insufficiently lighted; 
well kept; cloak rooms. 

Equipment: Patent single desks; good blackboards; globe: 
maps ; framed pictures ; reference dictionary ; library. 
100 vols.; domestic science outfit; teachers' desks; pi- 
ano; illustrative materials; window boxes with flowers: 
moths, butterflies, etc.; water from neighbor's well 
nearby; covered eooler; individual cups. 

Organization : Two teachers; 9 grades; 49 pupils; 32 weeks' 
• continuous term; programs posted; 20 periods; manual 
training, sewing, cooking; literary club ("The Nau- 
tilus") ; pig club, sewing club, civic improvement club. 

Maintenance: $1,000. 



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FEAGAN SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Stella Thurmond, Fort Valley, Ga. 

Location: 3% miles southeast to Myrtle; -1- miles northwest to 
Fort Valley. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in board of education; grounds 
sloping, some small trees; unimproved; well kept; school 
garden sowed to grains ; one toilet, average condition. 

Building: Value. $500; one class room, 20x24x10; no 
cloak rooms; ideally lighted; painted; well kept; small 
veranda. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; good blackboards; several 
small maps; framed pictures; no charts; no globe; no 
reference dictionary; library, 33 vols.; organ; illus- 
trative materials ; germinating boxes ; pot flowers, etc. ; 
water from spring; covered cooler; individual cups. 

Organization: One teacher; 4 grades; 10 pupils; program 
posted; IS recitation periods; sewing club; community 
civic improvement club; 32 weeks' continuous term. 

Maintenance: ^320. 



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MYRTLE SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Bessie Anderson, Myrtle, Ga. 

Location: 4 miles southwest to Small's Academy ; 4 miles north- 
west to Peagan. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in board of education; grounds 
entirely unimproved; no school garden; one toilet, con- 
dition bad. 

Building: Value, $500; one class room, 24x30x10; no 
cloak room; small veranda in front; fairly well lighted; 
well kept : painted outside, only. 

Equipment: Good, home-made desks, doubles; good black- 
boards; two maps; no charts; no globe; framed pictures; 
library, 40 vols.; reference dictionary; water piped from 
spring; covered cooler; individual cups. 

Organization: One teacher; 7 grades; 27 pupils; program 
posted; 35 recitation periods; 32 weeks' continuous 
term ; sewing club. 

Maintenance: $400. 




LAKEVIEW SCHOOL. 

Teachers: S. E. Delinger, principal, Powersville, Ga. ; Miss 
Sadie Henderson, ass't., Powersville, Ga. 

Location: -i miles southeast to Union; 4 miles west to Powers- 
ville. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in board of education; Hue 
oak grove, level, unimproved ; ample room for play 
grounds; school gardens; two toilets, screened and in 
good condition. 

Building: Value, $1,000; two class rooms, 20x36x12; in- 
sufficiently and improperly lighted; Moors oiled and 
well kept; cloak rooms; painted. 

Equipment: Good, patent and some home-made desks, doubles; 
good teachers' desks; medium blackboards; one U. S. 
history map ; no charts ; no globe ; a reference dictionary ; 
library, 30 vols., in good case; illustrative materials, etc. ; 
water from deep-bored well (95 ft.) on lot: individual 
cups at well. 

Organization: Two teachers; S grades; 75 pupils; 32 weeks' 
continuous term; program posted; 18 periods; drawing; 
literary society; no community school improvement club 

Maintenance: $960. 




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HAYNESVILLE SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Ella Jackson, Grovania, Ga. 

Location: 2 x /- 2 miles west to Grovania; 6 miles north to Tivola. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in hoard of education: open, 
few trees; very little improved; ample playgrounds; 
school gardens and hot beds; two toilets, good condition. 

Building: Value, $700; one class room, 24x32x12; well 
planned; ideally lighted and ventilated; good cloak 
rooms; library case built into the walls; floors oiled and 
well kept ; painted. 

Equipment: Best patent adjustable single desks: good black- 
boards; several maps; framed pictures; no globe; ref- 
erence dictionary; library, 85 vols.; illustrative mater- 
ials; large U. S. flag; pennants, window boxes, flowers, 
etc.; water from public well; covered cooler; individual 
cups. 

Organization: One teacher; (i grades; 17 pupils; program 
posted; 30 periods; '-V1 weeks' continuous term; sewing 
club; manual training club: Mothers' Club. 

Maintenance: .^400. 



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OAKLAND SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Nellie Paschal. Wellston. Ga. 

Location: 2% miles northwest to Hattie; 4 miles northeast to 
Wellston : 3 miles north to Elberta. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in board of education; open, 
level, unimproved; room for playgrounds; no gardens; 
one toilet, average condition. 

Building: Value, $600; one class room, size 24x^0x112; no 
cloak rooms; small veranda; well lighted; painted; well 
kept. 

Equipment: Good home-made double desks; good blackboards; 
no maps ; no charts ; no globe ; no reference dictionary ; 
no library; no framed pictures; water from nearby 
neighbor's well; buckets. 

Organization: One teacher; 6 grades; 26 pupils; 32 weeks' 
continuous term; program posted; no industrial or club 
work. 

Maintenance: .+360. 




UNION SCHOOL. 

Teachers: N. II. Reid, principal, Bonaire, Ga. ; Miss Made Col- 
lins, ass't., Bonaire, Ga. 

Location: 3 miles southwest to Spring Hill; 4 miles northwest 
to Lake view. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in board of education; per- 
fectly level lot with fine oak grove; unimproved as yet; 
small school gardens; grounds well kept; two toilets. 
average condition. 

Building: Value, $1,000; two class rooms, 24x25x12; cloak 
rooms; fairly well lighted; well kept; painted. 

Equipment: Good home-made and some patent desks, doubles; 
good blackboards; one small map; no charts; no globe; 
no pictures; library, 75 vols.: reference dictionary; wa- 
ter from deep-bored well on lot; individual cups at the 



Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 62 pupils; program 
posted; 17 periods; a debating club and a corn club; 
no community school improvement club. 

Maintenance: $960. 




ELBERTA SCHOOL. 

Teacher: .Miss Margaret Wasner, Wellston, Ga. 

Location: 2 l / 2 miles west to Hattie ; 3 miles south to Oakland: 
3 miles east to Wellston. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in hoard of education; level, 
magnificent oak grove on premises; unimproved, but 
well kept ; very small play grounds ; no school garden ; 
one toilet, average condition. 

Building: Value, $700; one class room, 24x30x12; cloak 
rooms ; veranda in front ; well lighted and ventilated ; 
painted; well kept and seasonably decorated in autumn 
leaves, etc. 

Equipment: Good home-made desks, doubles; good black- 
boards; some maps; framed pictures; no globe; no 
chart; small library; no dictionary; good teacher's desk: 
water from nearby neighbor's well. 

Organization: One teacher; 7 grades; 23 pupils: 32 Aveeks' 
continuous school year; program posted; club. 

Maintenance: -t-100. 




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HATTIE SCHOOL. 

Teachers: J. W. Cole, principal, Byron, (la.; A Iiss Flora Rod- 
gers, ass't., Perry, Ga. 

Location: 2y 2 miles east to Elberta ; 2y 2 miles southeast to 
Oakland; 2y 2 miles north to Dunbar. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in board of education; oak 
grove, good condition, adjoining church lot ; play- 
grounds improved; well kept yards; school gardens; 
two toilets, in good condition. 

Building: Value, $1,200; one class room and large audi- 
torium used as class room; insufficiently lighted; 
painted ; well kept ; cloak rooms. 

Equipment: Good home-made double desks; poor blackboards; 
some maps ; no charts ; no globes ; a reference dictionary ; 
library, 100 vols.; framed pictures; water from good 
well; covered cooler, and individual cups. 

Organization: Two teachers; 9 grades; 80 pupils; 32 weeks' 
continuous term; program posted; 18 periods; literary 
society; community Mothers' Club. 

Maintenance: $960. 

Note: During the progress of this survey plans were ap- 
proved by the superintendent and board to remodel and 
enlarge this school house so as to meet the requirements 
of an up-to-date consolidated rural school; and this 
will be done at once. This will include three class 
rooms, manual training room, kitchenette, cloak rooms, 
etc., all well lighted and ventilated. 




KATHLEEN SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Jessie Hogg, Kathleen, Ga. 

Location: 4 miles west to Lakeside; 4 miles north to Bonaire. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in board of education; very 
fine oak grove in rear, ample space for level play- 
grounds, etc., in front; play is supervised: small school 
garden, veil eared for; two toilets, good condition. 

Building 1 : Value, $600; one class room, 20x32x10; properly 
lighted and ventilated; painted; cloak rooms; com- 
fortably heated ; well kept. 

Equipment: Good home-made double desks; good blackboards; 
charts; globe; reference dictionary; framed pictures: 
library, 40 vols. ; illustrative materials ; water from deep- 
bored well (90 ft.) on school grounds; use individual 
cups at well. 

Organization: One teacher; 8 grades; 25 pupils; 32 weeks' 
continuous term ; program posted ; 29 periods ; some 
industrial work in primary grades; small tomato club. 

Maintenance: $400. 



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BONAIRE SCHOOL. 

Teachers: Roy E. Allgood, principal, Bonaire, Ga. ; Miss Irene 
Baird, ass't., Bonaire, Ga. 

Location: 4 miles south to Kathleen; 5 miles north to Wellston; 
5 miles west to Union. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in hoard of education; level 
and open ; slightly improved ; ample room for play- 
grounds ; small school gardens; two toilets, one in fair 
condition, one in had condition. 

Building": Value. $1,600; two class rooms and auditorium; 
class rooms 20x30x13; auditorium unfinished; wide 
hall used for cloak room ; fairly well kept. 

Equipment: Good home-made double desks; blackboards poor; 
maps ; charts ; framed pictures ; reference dictionary ; 
library, 75 vols.; no globe; water from deep well on 
school grounds ; individual cups. 

Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 57 pupils; 32 weeks' 
continuous school year ; program posted ; 23 recitation 
periods ; literary society ; sewing clubs. 

Maintenance: $960. , 



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LAKESIDE SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Hilda Brooks, Perry, Ga. 

Location: 4 miles northeast to Kathleen; 5 miles north to Union. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in board of education; well 
located upon good elevation, grove in the rear; ample 
room for playgrounds in front; grounds as yet very 
slightly improved; small school garden; two toilets in 
fair condition. 

Building: Value, $650; one class room, 26x30x12; two 
cloak rooms; veranda in front; sufficiently and properly 
lighted and ventilated; well painted, except ceiling 
overhead too dark; floors oiled ami well kept; a well- 
planned building. 

Equipment: Good home-made desks, doubles, a few patents; 
part of blackboards good, part poor; several maps; a 
reference dictionary; a small library; small globe; 
framed pictures; illustrative materials, window plants, 
etc.; water from good nearby spring; individual cups. 

Organization: One teacher; 6 grades; 12 pupils; program pos- 
ted; continuous school year of 32 weeks; a sewing club 
organized in the school ; a community school improve- 
ment club. 

Maintenance: $400. 

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POWERSVILLE SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Bessie Quick, Powersville, Ga. 

Location: 4 miles east to Lakeview; 5 miles north to Byron. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in board of education; good 
elevation; grounds unimproved and neglected; small 
school garden ; two toilets, medium condition. 

Building" Value, $800; one class room, size 30x30x12; 
cloak rooms; well lighted and ventilated; painted; not 
well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; fairly good blackboards; 
maps; framed pictures; no library; no reference dic- 
tionary; no charts; no globe; U. S. flag; water from 
private waterworks; covered cooler; individual cups. 

Organization: One teacher; 8 grades; 33 pupils; 32 weeks' 
continuous term; program posted; 26 recitation periods; 
sewing club ; no community clubs. 

Maintenance: $400. 



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GROVANIA SCHOOL. 

Teachers: Miss Nannie Fletcher, principal, Grovania, Ga. ; Miss 
Bertha Sharpe, ass't., Grovania, Ga. 

Location 2% miles east to Haynesville ; 5 miles south to p]lko. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in hoard of education; sloping; 
a few trees and flowers; rustic pavilion; playgrounds; 
considerable improvements accomplished and planned; 
school gardens ; two toilets, good condition. 

Building-: Value, $1,000; two class rooms, 20x30x12; 
properly lighted and ventilated; well kept; cloak rooms; 
painted; small work room. 

Equipment: Single adjustable patent desks; good blackboards; 
several maps; charts; globes; framed pictures; ref- 
erence dictionary ; library, 150 vols. ; sand-tables ; man- 
ual training tool chests; booklets; illustrative materials; 
bird boxes ; window boxes ; and flowers, etc. ; water 
from nearby private well ; covered cooler, with hob- 
bling fountain. 

Organization: Two teachers; 9 grades; 47 pupils; program 
posted ; manual training, sewing, cooking, drawing ; 
literary society; junior civic league; Mothers' Club; 32 
weeks' continuous term. 

Maintenance: $960. 




CLEVELAND SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Mary V. Smith, Byron, Ga., R. F. D. 

Location: 3% miles east to Powersville ; 4 miles northwest to 
Ben Hill. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in board of education; situated 
in a beautiful grove, unimproved; no school gardens: 
two toilets, good condition. 

Building-: Value, $700; one class room, 18x27x10: one 
smaller room for storage, etc.; lighting is insufficient 
and improper; painted; well kept. 

Equipment: Good double home-made desks; good blackboards; 
maps; no charts; no globe; no dictionary; no library: 
some framed pictures; a piano; some illustrative ma- 
terials; water good well; covered cooler; individual 

clips. 

Organization: One teacher; 8 grades; 24 pupils; 32 weeks' 
continuous term ; program posted ; no industrial or club 
work. 

Maintenance: $400. 



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PERRY HIGH SCHOOL. 

Teachers: C. E. Crook, principal; Miss Louise Rainey, 7th and 
8th grades; Miss Sue Jelks Ware, 5th and 6th grades; 
Miss Hortense Davant, 3d and 4tli grades; Miss Georgia 
Hurst, 1st and 2d grades. 

Grounds: Small lot; unimproved, but well kept; playgrounds 
insufficient; no school gardens; sanitary toilets on 
grounds. 

Buildings: Value, $4,000; two buildings; 4 class rooms, and 
auditorium also used as class room; halls used for cloak 
rooms; small rooms for music and art; buildings fairly 
well lighted ; well kept. 

Equipment: Single and double patent desks; good blackboards; 
no maps; no globes; charts; framed pictures; no refer- 
ence dictionary; library, 50 vols.; sand tables; illustra- 
tive materials, specimens, etc. ; water from city water- 
works. 

Organization: Five teachers; music teacher and art teacher; 
10 grades; 150 pupils; 36 weeks' continuous term: pro- 
grams posted; music, art, and expression classes; sep- 
arate boys' and girls' literary societies; no industrial 
work attempted; an active Parent-Teachers' Associa- 
tion is undertaking to supply the school with maps, 
globes, charts, dictionaries, a drinking fountain, and 
other needed equipment. 

Maintenance: $1,250 from county funds; $2,250 from city 
$650 incidental fees; total, $4,150. 
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FORT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. 

Grounds: Area about four acres, facing four streets, centrally 
located, elevated lot, with some good trees: ample play- 
grounds, improved and equipped with about $200 or 
$300 worth of play appliances: slides, swings, giant 
strides, tennis, basket ball, etc.; play and athletics su- 
pervised and directed. 

Buildings: A modern structure costing about $40,000, with 
twelve class rooms, large auditorium, cloak rooms, lab- 
oratory rooms, storage rooms, office, closets, etc. 

Equipment: Well equipped with best single, adjustable, steel. 
patent desks throughout; plenty of good maps in cases; 
charts; globes; sandtables; well-selected pictures; ref- 
erence dictionaries and encyclopedias; library of 600 
vols.; illustrative materials and scenes collected mostly 
by the pupils and teachers; booklets, etc. 

Organization: A fully accredited four-year high school, twelve 
teachers; 11 grades; 465 pupils; industrial work, ex- 
pression, etc.; a school athletic association; a school pa- 
per, etc.; a special course in reading is provided for the 
five upper grades; a special course in cooking and sew- 
ing; a commercial course is in contemplation; a school 
"having for its ideal always the service of the children 
and the equipping of them as fully as possible for the 
environment in which they must live." 

This school has a unique system of renting textbooks 
to the pupils which is attracting attention. They rent 
the books at half cost price, and then save money for 
the system. County, as well as local boards, might well 
imitate this illustration of good business judgment and 
ability. 

Maintenance: Total from State and city, $9,000. 
Rate 4i/o mills. 




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FACULTY: 

Ralph Newton Superintendent 

High School. 

Ralph Newton Mathematics 

S. E. Denton Science and French 

Miss Francis Hopkins Latin and History 

Miss Ella Evans English 

Grammar School. 

Miss Eula Prator Seventh Grade 

Miss Eunice Roberts Sixth Grade 

Miss Flossie White Fifth Grade 

Miss Eleanor Adams Fourth Grade 

Miss Myrtle Linch Third Grade 

Miss Katie May Williams Second Grade 

Miss Mary Hale First Grade 

Miss Patsy Hoyal First Grade A. 

Miss Myrtle Linch Domestic Science 

Miss ( !harlotte DeVine Reading 

Expression Department. 

Miss Charlotte A. DeVine. 



HOUSTON COUNTY NEGRO SCHOOLS 





NEGRO SCHOOLS. 

The matter of negro education has not been neglected in 
this county, and considerable stress has been put upon its 
proper direction. 

The Fort Valley High and Industrial School, reported 
herein, is generally regarded as one of the best negro schools 
in the State. An intelligent negro Farm Demonstrator, Otis 
S. Neal, under the patronage of the U. S. Farm Demonstration 
Work, and working constantly among the negro farmers of 
the county, has his office at this school. Under patronage of 
the Jeanes Fund, and directed by the County Board of Educa- 
tion, Mattie Wilder works constantly among the negro rural 
schools, giving emphasis to industrial education, sanitation, 
etc. By the help of these agencies, and under direction of 
the County Superintendent of Schools, the negroes have in- 
stituted the custom of holding district school fairs, which have 
stimulated a wholesome and intelligent interest in their public- 
schools on the part of both races. 

Negro School Houses. 

Some improvement is shown in the betterment of the negro 
school houses ; and the photographs herein of the two last ones 
constructed by the County Board indicate improved styles of 
school architecture. Some of their school houses are models of 
cleanliness. 



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FORT VALLEY HIGH AND INDUSTRIAL 
SCHOOL FOR NEGROES. 

Officers and Teachers: H. A. Hunt, Principal; R. L. Smith, 
Secretary, Head of Normal Department and Instructor 
in Mathematics; Mrs. F. J. limit. Literature; Mr. C. B. 
Johnson, History and Science ; Mrs. F. M. Frazier, 
Fourth and Fifth Grades ; Miss M. L. Baker, First Grade ; 
Mrs. Sophia Moore, Matron, Domestic Science; Miss 
S. L. Jones, Laundering; Mr. W. W. Hayes, Agriculture ; 
Mrs. V. J. Woodward, Private Secretary ; Mr. F. A. Mar- 
chant, Bookkeeper; Miss L. J. Taylor, English, Music; 
Mrs. A. W. Johnson, Boys' Matron, Reading and Spell- 
ing; Miss Maud E. Mosley, Second and Third Grades ; 
Mrs. J. A. Davis, Sewing and Preceptress; Mrs. J. 
O'Neal, Plain Sewing; Mr. C. F. Stephens, Carpentry; 
Rev. T. J. Crawford, Instructor in Bible and Sunday 
School Missionary. 

Grounds: Thirty-five acres, well situated, just out of Fort 
Valley, Ga. ; agriculture is taught and a school farm op- 
erated by the pupils at a good profit, supplying the 
dormitories and local markets; the yards are well laid 
off and kept perfectly free of all trash, waste paper, 
etc. ; the entire premises fully meet all demands of san- 
itation. 

Buildings: There are in all about a dozen buildings, most of 
them brick, and all well suited to their several uses; the 
buildings have been mostly constructed by student la- 
bor, this being a part of their regular courses of in- 
struction ; they are well planned, provided with elec- 
tricity and water; at all times scrupulously clean and 
sanitary. 

Equipment: The several buildings and many rooms are well 
equipped for the purposes for which they are used ; 
good blackboards; desks; tables; maps; charts; pic- 
tures; library of over two thousand volumes; magazines 
and papers, etc. ; the industrial buildings are well 
equipped with benches, machinery, tools, etc. 

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Maintenance: This school is not maintained by the public school 
funds of the comity, but relies upon tuition, contribu- 
tions and the profits arising from the school farm and 
industrial departments; it is a non-sectarian, Christion 
institution. 



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